Lagos APC Rally: Teslim Balogun Stadium Jam-Packed For Buhari [PHOTOS]

Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari are agog for the presidential camping rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State.

The Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, is currently jam-packed with supporters of the President Buhari who arrived at the venue of the rally ahead of the President Buhari arrival.

THE WHISTLER reported earlier that the President arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Saturday morning in the Nigerian Air Force ‘Eagle One’ otherwise known as the NAF-001.

Buhari had met with members of the Organized Private Sector (OPS) at the Lagos House, Marina, after which he would proceed to the Teslim Balogun Stadium for the presidential rally.

The President was said to have also paid homage to the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu.

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The Lagos State Government had announced on Friday that at least 18 roads in the state would be shut down ahead of the President’s visit to allow free movement of about “100, 000” APC supporters expected at the venue of the presidential rally.

The roads were given as: Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere Lawanson/Itire /Tejuosho road Apapa/Costain road Abebe village Eric Moore road Eko Bridge/Apongbon Marina road, Ikorodu road, Mobolaji Bank Anthony way Old Toll Gate/Third Mainland Bridge/Obalende Airport road Oshodi-Oworonshoki expressway Agege Motor road Jibowu area, Yaba/Muritala Mohammed way Iddo/Otto Herbert Macaulay way Adekunle Ijora Olopa

The decision was however jettisoned on Friday to avoid traffic gridlock across the state.

The reversal was announced in a press statement by Mr Habib Aruna, the chief press secretary to Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson.

“Lagosians have been very apprehensive that there will be traffic gridlock and we got a lot of feedbacks that we intend to grind Lagos to a halt. People are apprehensive; they think we are going to shut down Lagos; they think movement would be restricted and they are bracing themselves for what they anticipate would be the hardship that would be visited on them by the president’s visit and our own activities.

“The purpose of this press conference is to clarify that and to state emphatically that there will be zero to minimal adverse effect of the President’s visit tomorrow. I repeat, there will be between zero to the barest minimum amount of disruptions to the normal movement that Lagosians undertake on a Saturday like tomorrow.

“So, there will not be any road closures in Lagos tomorrow and Lagosians are free to go about their normal businesses tomorrow, Saturday,” Lawanson said.